Depression and Antidepressant Use After Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack
Therapies Sunday, April 8th, 2012Stroke.ahajournals.org: March 29, 2012.
Background and Purpose—Patients with stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) often have comparable comorbidities, but it is unclear whether they have similar rates of depression or antidepressant use.
Methods—This study was a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort registry that enrolled subjects from 2006 to 2008 in the United States. Depression (defined by the Patient Health Questionnaire-8 score ≥10) and medication use were prospectively assessed 3 and 12 months after hospitalization in 1450 subjects with ischemic stroke and 397 subjects with TIA. Read More
